Jenny On the Spot

It has been 3 months since I wrote that. So much has changed since then!

Our house is framed, siding is almost completed, electricity is pumping through the wires like blood through veins, insulation is in, the concrete in the basement is as smooth as a baby’s bottom (and - at least so far - much UNLIKE a baby’s bottom - there is not a crack to be seen!), the kitchen cabinets are ordered, my kitchen sink arrived last week, the shower stalls are in, the tub in the master is in, the windows are in, all the doors are in…

Even the stairs are built! This is a big deal! During the framing phase, it was discovered that our stairs (if we went with the blue prints) would end in the middle of, or even past the front door! There was talk about changing the landing upstairs, and moving the stairs to the basement to the living room (thus eliminating a large protion of the living room!). There was even noise made that our front door - which as designed to be a door at the front, would be moved to the side. All this would not only have totally changed the layout, but would have cost a great deal, creating a big ding in the budget….
Alas - we took out a hall which gave more headroom for the basement stairs - lost a corner of cabinetry in the kitchen, but the layout remains mostly intact. Phew! Oh, the budget remained largely intact too.
While prgress on the house is pleasing - the mortgage company (National City Mortgage - buyer beware!!! Beware!!!), however, is still a nasty beast who has not paid 1 draw on time. Not one. Oh, and they are charging us interest on an amount we never received. My chest starts hurting when I think of National City Mortgage. It’s a bloomin’ mess… Might I suggest to anyone looking for a loan - avoid NCM like The Plague - THE PLAGUE!
Meanwhile, dry wall should go in very soon, then it really starts looking like a home. Literally, we are in the “home stretch” here…